In hopes there are some very bored uber-geeks that love finding problems in other people's systems, here's a report by PC Wizard '06 showing my current home system (built piece-by-piece earlier this year, reusing last year's MB and a few other older items).

I'd love it if someone can point out anything amiss, as I know it has issues here and there, but root hardware causes seem to elude me. And since I'm starting with a fresh OS install again, I'd like to fix all I can now.

Now...

The report is plain text, and when I try to post it, all returns and tabs vanish, making it a long string of gibberish. What [ TAG ] can I use to keep the text formatted and readable?

You can try uploading the file by going to reply (not quick reply) or edit and go down to the bottom till you see 'Additional Options' now look for 'Attach Files' and click on 'Manage attachments'

Duh.....why didn't I think of that?!

OK, check the attached TXT file for all the details...

...as well as a photo of the tower.

Attached Files

PC Wizard Report.txt (74.6 KB, 11 views)

Sorry I'm not a security staff, but I'm sure one of the security staff will be online to help you out soon

And you got a nice case

Thanks. That case was the only one anywhere near the price that fit all my wants for the project. The only negative was that they advertised it as having a 'full-mesh' front panel, but in reality, it is mesh-over-solid-plastic, so there's no airflow advantage up front like I wanted. But I made a few other mods to improve the flow, including the hole and fan on top and I ducted the lower front grille to force it to draw all it's air though the screen (it has a grab-hole under the panel that isn't meshed, so air wants to go up through there, not through the grille. I built a foam gasket between the fan and screen to force the air through the mesh).

The 120GB HDD is in a cold-swappable tray/rack so I can rotate HDDs through there for backups. I still haven't gotten the Zip Drive working....my add-on IDE/RAID card is buggy.

Some many quirks...so little hair left!

I'd suggest at least another stick of RAM... thats the same chipset as my mobo-- ASUS P4P 800 DELUXE. It has served me well-- but you have 4 slots and 1 stick-- it works -- but RAM's a little faster in pairs. I have 4 x 512 PC 3200 = 2 gigs.
No experience with ZIP drives